I have a sea anemone for a few months now but it does not look as healthy, pink and as big anymore. I am having a hard time finding good information regarding them. Can you suggest what I can do to help it?
what kind of anenome? This coupled with your troubles with the butterfly I would take a look at what your tank parameters are. Also what kind of lighting? Are you feeding it? if so what?
I checked the water and its where it should be. The butterfly just never ate and did not make it :-/
I have no clue what kind of anemone is. I will have to see if I can get a picture of it but right now it decided to move behind my rocks lol. The lighting is a metal halide with power compact lights. Can't remember the exact wattage but the other corals are thriving and reproducing. I am not feeding the anemone and I am sure that does not help. The only way it would get food would be excess food from the other fish. This was a impulse buy vs research and buy... Now, I have to figure it out.
wow that looks like a extremely bleached long tentacle anenome to me. First off it needs feedings probably every 3 or so days for a while if it is to have a chance. Second its base should be red and burried in the sand bed, but it would bury it itself.... The lighting is important here as it is is usually lighting or water parameters that are the cause of it to bleach. did you ever witness it spitting up anything, usually a brownish color? has it moved frequently in your tank or just recently? I would feed it pieces of food no bigger than its mouth, soaked in something such as selcon, or a mixture of zoecon and marine C like I said every 3 days or so, also check on the lighting. What kind, how much, how old etc.
I have never fed it. Did not know. When I first got the anemone I tried to burry it in the sand but it never liked that. It preferred to be between the rocks. Never really moved much till the past two weeks. The lighting is 380watts total. 250 metal halide with 2x65w PC.
I never saw it spit up anything and never saw it eat. How do I feed it? Just put my hand by its mouth or what? Sorry, I really don't know but will ask to learn. The food I have right this second is mysis, brine, squid, live mussel and chromaplex. I would have to buy the other stuff you mentioned tomorrow. What food should I use?
I would suggest taking a meat food...just a little and place it on a tenticle. If he moves it to his mouth...that is good. Should go in the mouth for a couple of hours then spit out what he doesn't digest.
^^^ it shouldnt ever spit anything back out imo this is b/c it doesnt digest it and it spits back close to all of what was fed, food size should be no larger than its mouth as stated by Bob Fernner and others. Also that means the food is covered in its digestive fluids ie acids and stuff and that goes into your tank and wreaks all kind of havoc. just my opinion based off of my experinces and readings
for now I would try to feed the squid in a small chunk at most to its tentacles and see how that goes, or maybe live mussels removed from the shell if its small enough....
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sea anemone not looking so good
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